Ill. Says Trump's 'Forced Retreat' Can't End Nat'l Guard Suit

By Celeste Bott

The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago are pushing back on the Trump administration's bid to dismiss their lawsuit challenging National Guard deployment to the state because all the troops have since been demobilized or withdrawn, with no plans to return, telling an Illinois federal judge that the president's social media posts and public statements tell a different story.

Response attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

United Airlines Agrees To Pay $27.5M To End ERISA Suit

By Patrick Hoff

United Airlines has agreed to shell out $27.5 million to end a proposed class action alleging it locked retired employees out of a generous COVID-era retirement package, a deal that would moot retirees' pending appeal to the Seventh Circuit, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Allstate Accused Of Website Tracking Despite Cookie Opt-Out

By Joyce Hanson

The Allstate Corp.'s website secretly uses Meta and Google's advertising trackers to share the content of consumers' communications with the insurance company even when site users instruct it not to share that information, according to a proposed class action lodged in Illinois federal court.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Portillo's Wrongly Dodged Union Bargaining, NLRB Says

By Lauraann Wood

Portillo's Hot Dogs LLC must recognize and bargain with the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, AFL–CIO after a group of production plant workers voted to organize under the union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

Decision attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Ill. Man Charged With Sending Threatening Letters To Judges

By Celeste Bott

A suburban Chicago man is facing charges in Illinois federal court for mailing threatening letters to two federal judges in Texas and Florida, prosecutors announced Thursday.

1 document attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Series

Podcasting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Podcasting has changed how I ask questions and connect with people, sharpening my ability to listen without interrupting or prejudging, and bringing me closer to what law is meant to be: a human profession grounded in understanding, judgment and trust, says Donna DiMaggio Berger at Becker.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

4th Circ. Scolds Atty Suspected Of Using AI In Race Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The Fourth Circuit has reprimanded an attorney suspected of using generative artificial intelligence to draft briefs in a race discrimination lawsuit against Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., warning that courts need to grapple with the technology as it "may soon become the norm."

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Democrats Seek Review Of Bondi's Role In Brother's Cases

By Alison Knezevich

Two Democratic lawmakers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general to review whether Attorney General Pam Bondi "adequately recused herself" from cases involving clients represented by her brother Brad Bondi, who is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP.

Letter attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Sinema Says Tryst With Ex-Guard Not In NC Court's Reach

By Abigail Harrison

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, now a Hogan Lovells attorney, told a North Carolina federal court Thursday that a lawsuit alleging her cross-country affair with a former member of her security detail ended a 14-year marriage must be dismissed because the trysts occurred outside state borders.

Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Ex-Judge Testifies About Alleged Forgeries In Amazon Case

By Kelcey Caulder

The former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia testified Thursday about the alleged forging of court documents, signatures and court stamps in a criminal case against a woman accused of defrauding Amazon out of $9.4 million through fraudulent invoices. 

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Judge Newman Takes Suspension Battle To Supreme Court

By Ryan Davis

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman brought her fight against a suspension imposed on her by her colleagues to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, arguing that a lower court wrongly held that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.

Petition attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Calif. Bar Says Internal Docs Bolster Claims Against Exam Co.

By Emily Sawicki

The State Bar of California has bulked up its breach of contract and fraud suit against the administrator of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, filing an amended complaint in light of information it says it learned from internal communications unearthed amid discovery.

1 document attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Holyoak's US Attorney Nomination Advances

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Melissa Holyoak, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to be U.S. attorney for the District of Utah was sent to the full Senate on Thursday.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

CFTC Takes 1st Steps Toward Prediction Market Regulations

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened the door Thursday to promised prediction market regulation, calling for public feedback on what such rules might look like while laying out the staff's view on the current rules that the platforms should follow in order to offer betting on sports and other events.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »